Is Personal Finance considered Social Studies?

Momof242729
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:10:49 +0000

I’m not claiming personal finance is as academically rigorous as a normal social studies class. I know that it isn’t. Frankly, I think it being a state-mandated “social studies” class is ridiculous (and indicative of the absolute contempt our lawmakers have for the concept of education). And yet it is – every single kid who comes through an NC public school takes this class as their 12th grade social studies, without it ever being mentioned that the class isn’t actually considered social studies.

That’s my only point – that if it’s true that colleges treat all applicants from NC as if they have not actually have taken the recommended number of social studies classes, this thread is the first time I’m hearing of it. And it seems weird to me that colleges would penalize kids for doing exactly what the state mandates, and that they’re told is a college prep curriculum.